*PAPER, *DOCUMENT shredding services, *MANAGEMENT, *FREEDOM of information, *CIVIL rights, *RISK management in business
Abstract
The article comments on the paper "Strategic risks--thinking about them differently," by Neil Allan and John Davies. The author stated that the British government have taken to shredding taking after the Freedom of Information Act, he wondered if the authors of the paper also looked that as the actions of a troubled company.
Reports the publication of a draft of the freedom of information bill by United Kingdom Home Secretary Jack Straw in May, 1999. Statutory right of people to get access to internal documents from public authorities, including hospitals and the police; Proposals in the White Paper; Comments by Maurice Frankel, director of the campaign for Freedom of Information.